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2009 CONTEST WINNERS
Visit the 2009 contest to see winning entries in the still photography, video, editing, and new media categories.
2009 WHNPA STILL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED; BRUCE AND OMMANNEY NAMED TOP WINNERS
Nation’s Leading Photojournalists Compete for Top Industry Awards
(WASHINGTON, D.C. – Feb. 22, 2009) – The White House News Photographers Association announced that Washington
Post photographer Andrea Bruce has been named “Photographer of the Year” and Charles Ommanney, Getty Images for
Newsweek won “Political Photo of the Year” in the 2009 “The Eyes of History™” contest judging at the National Geographic
Society in Washington.
Bruce has won the Photographer of the Year Award four times (2003, 2005, 2006 and 2009) and has worked for The
Washington Post since 2001. Bruce received word of her win while on assignment in Iraq. Andrea said,“ It means a lot to me
right now. At a time when all of the publications are pulling their people out of Iraq, Michael [Washington Post Assistant
Managing Editor for Photography Michel du Cille] and the editors are committed to coverage of these important stories.”
The Political Photo of the Year was awarded to Charles Ommanney, Getty Images for Newsweek, for his photograph of
Barack Obama, right before coming out of the Capitol to take the oath of office to become the 44th President of the United
States. Ommanney said on hearing the news of his win, “Wow, I am blown-away—what an easy subject [referring to President
Obama].”
“The WHNPA “Eyes of History™” contest winners are always the best images of domestic and international news throughout
the year, but every four years in an election year and an Olympic competition year, the contest is spectacular, “ said WHNPA
president, Dennis Brack. “Of course, the winning entries are the best of the best of President Barack Obama’s historic
presidential victory.”
The judges for the 2008 ‘The Eyes of History™’ stills competition were: Jeanie Adams-Smith, professor in the
photojournalism department, Western Kentucky, Scott Strazzante, The Chicago Tribune, and Ami Vitale, contract
photographer for National Geographic Adventure.
The top winners of the still, television and New Media contests will be honored at the annual “Eyes of History” Gala on May
30, 2009, at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington. The black-tie event celebrates all the winning photojournalists and the President of
the United States. Nearly 1,000 guests, including government dignitaries and industry celebrities, attend.
The White House News Photographers Association is an 88-year-old non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the
efforts of Washington’s professional photojournalists. The WHNPA aims to provide professional and educational outreach to
its members and the community through scholarships, programming, an annual competition and a celebration of the industry at
the annual “Eyes of History™” gala.
The television competition and the New Media contest were also judged over the weekend at National Geographic Channel
headquarters in Washington. For more information please contact Dennis Brack at dennis@dennisbrack.com (703-622-5949)
or business director Heidi Elswick at heidi@whnpa.org (301-606-8251). For further information about ‘The Eyes of History™’
and to view the winning images and videos, visit the WHNPA website at www.whnpa.org.
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The WHNPA and “The Eyes of History™” are sponsored in part by Nikon, Tiffen/Domke, Microsoft, PNY, and Continental Airlines.
2009 WHNPA TELEVISION AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED; BAKER AND McKENNA NAMED TOP WINNERS
Nation’s Leading Photojournalists Compete for Top Industry Awards
(WASHINGTON, D.C. – Feb. 22, 2009) – The White House News Photographers Association announced Sunday that Dai
Baker, ITN, has been awarded “Photographer of the Year” for 2008 in the “Eyes of History™” video contest. Bill McKenna,
BBC World News America, has been named video “Editor of the Year.”
Dai Baker has worked for Independent television News for 15 years and this is the 3rd time (2005, 2006, 2009) that he has won the top award. In the 2009 competition Baker won three first place in 3 categories for stories titled: “The Detroit Auto Show,”
Texas Wind Far,” and “Florida Republicans.” “The consistency and the colors he brought to landscape and interior shoots
stood out,” said contest judge Steve Flood. “His light-management brought a natural but compelling look to his video." Baker,
reached as he deplaned from London said, “I am thrilled and delighted to receive this award again. What an honor.”
The White House News Photographers Association “Editor of the Year” is Bill McKenna of the BBC World News America.
He has been in broadcast for 30 years, starting as a freelancer at the BBC in 1997 before becoming a staffer for BBC World
News America in January 2008. His first place award was titled “Small Town America.” “Oh Wow!” Bill said upon getting
the news of his win, “I can’t believe it, what an honor! But I couldn’t have done it without my colleagues at the BBC.”
“ Our members have traveled with the candidates for the entire year and the entries tell the stories of this history making
election. The results were spectacular in all categories,” said Dennis Brack, President of the White House News Photographers
Association.
The judges for the television contest were: Kristen Bergeron, KTVT-TV in Dallas/Fort Worth; Steve Flood, WXIA-TV in
Atlanta; Kevin Ridley, WCNC-TV in Charlotte; Sarah Montgomery, WKYC-TV in Cleveland; Stephanie Ottjepka, WTVT-TV
in Tampa; and Wade Steiner, KUSA-TV in Denver.
The top winners of the still, television and New Media contests will be honored at the annual “Eyes of History” Gala on May
30, 2009, at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington. The black-tie event celebrates all the winning photojournalists and the President of
the United States. Nearly 1,000 guests, including government dignitaries and industry celebrities, attend.
The still photography and New Media competition were also held at the National Geographic Society over the weekend
The White House News Photographers Association is an 88-year-old non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the
efforts of Washington’s professional photojournalists. The WHNPA aims to provide professional and educational outreach to
its members and the community through scholarships, programming, an annual competition and a celebration of the industry at
the annual “Eyes of History™” gala.
For more information please contact Dennis Brack at dennis@dennisbrack.com (703-622-5949) or business director Heidi
Elswick at heidi@whnpa.org (301-606-8251). For further information about ‘The Eyes of History™’ and to view the winning
images and videos, visit the WHNPA website at www.whnpa.org.
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The WHNPA and “The Eyes of History™” are sponsored in part by Nikon, Tiffen/Domke, Microsoft, PNY, and Continental Airlines.
2009 WHITE HOUSE NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION NEW MEDIA AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Nation’s Leading Photojournalists Compete for Top Industry Awards
(WASHINGTON, D.C. – Feb. 22, 2009) – The White House News Photographers Association announced the winners of the
New Media categories in the annual “The Eyes of History™” competition.
Megan Rossman of washingtonpost.com won first place in the Best Use of Photography & Audio (natural sound) category. The
story is seen at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/galleries/mothersrisk/index.html.
Andrea Rane, Jessica Wanke,Coburn Dukehart, and Jack Zahora of National Public Radio won first place in The Best Use of Photography and Audio Category with their entry on crafting China’s future gymnastics champions. The entry is seen at:
http://www.npr.org/multimedia/2008/07/china_gymnastics/gallery/index.html.
Nancy Donaldson, Nelson Hsu, Sarah Sampsel Hsu, Carol Guzy of washingtonpost.com won in the Best Multimedia Package
award for a five part series on how childhood obesity is threatening a generation. The story is seen at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/health/childhoodobesity/index.html.
Whitney Shefte, Nelson Hsu, and Kat-Downs of washingtonpost.com won in the Best Multimedia Single category for their interactive presentation of the new Washington Nationals stadium. The entry can be seen at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/specials/natspark/index.html
“This is the second year for New Media competition, said White House News Photographers Association president Dennis
Brack. “This new portion of the WHNPA “Eyes of History™” contest reflects the constantly evolving ways that the news
media delivers content to the world. The quality of this year’s entries and, indeed the winning entries, illustrate the success of
these new ways to communicate and tell stories.”
The judges for the New Media competition were: Patrick Davidson, Associate Professor of Visual Communication and
Documentary Projects for the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina; Seth Gitner,
multimedia editor at The Roanoke Times; and Regina McCombs, The Poynter Institute.
The top winners of the still, television and New Media contests will be honored at the annual “Eyes of History” Gala on May
30, 2009, at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington. The black-tie event celebrates all the winning photojournalists and the President of
the United States. Nearly 1,000 guests, including government dignitaries and industry celebrities, attend.
The still photography and New Media competition were also held at the National Geographic Society over the weekend
The White House News Photographers Association is an 88-year-old non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the
efforts of Washington’s professional photojournalists. The WHNPA aims to provide professional and educational outreach to
its members and the community through scholarships, programming, an annual competition and a celebration of the industry at
the annual “Eyes of History™” gala.
For more information please contact Dennis Brack at dennis@dennisbrack.com (703-622-5949) or business director Heidi
Elswick at heidi@whnpa.org (301-606-8251). For further information about ‘The Eyes of History™’ and to view the winning
images and videos, visit the WHNPA website at www.whnpa.org.
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The WHNPA and “The Eyes of History™” are sponsored in part by Nikon, Tiffen/Domke, Microsoft, PNY, and Continental Airlines.
WHNPA Announces Education Grant Winner: Mary Calvert of The Washington Times
(WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 10, 2009) – Mary Calvert, staff photographer for The Washington Times, has been chosen as
the recipient of the White House News Photographers Association 2008 Project Grant. The grant, recently increased to
$10,000, with a matching amount from PNY Technologies Inc. will fund "Forgotten Victims: Rape as a Tool of War", which
Calvert plans to produce in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has been engulfed in on-again-off-again warfare for
years.
Recent fighting in the eastern Congo has sparked fears of a civil war in the country - known as Zaire for several decades and
originally named the Belgian Congo.
The Second Congo War that began in 1998 is sometimes referred to as the "African World War" and despite the 2003 peace
accords, fighting continues in eastern Congo - where the prevalence and intensity of rape and other sexual violence has been
described as the worst in the world. The war is the world's deadliest conflict since the Second World War with more than five
million people killed.
"Ugly topic, but a story that needs to be told," said WHNPA education committee chairman Leighton Mark in announcing the
award. "Not only do we wish Mary the best of luck with her project but hope she stays safe. The Congo has been a nasty place
for a long time. We know she'll return with stellar photos."
Tony Gomez, vice president, sales and marketing, at PNY Technologies adds, “Journalists are truth seekers and at times the
truth reveals atrocities. These stories need to be told and someone needs to have the courage to uncover them and share the
grim reality with the world. Mary shines a light on the dark side of war in Africa and thru her lens the plight of the African
people comes into focus. We honor Mary for her work and dedication to her craft.”
In commenting about the grant award White House News Photographers president Dennis Brack said, “The WHNPA grants
are our way of enabling our members to take on projects that as journalists they feel they need to do. As is evident in Mary
Calvert's award subject, these are not vacations to wonderful places. They are for serious work, which will produce important
stories. The matching grant from PNY, gives the award winner the time and resources needed to make their project a successful
journalistic achievement.”
For more information please contact Dennis Brack at dennis@dennisbrack.com (703-622-5949) or executive director Heidi
Elswick at heidi at whnpa dot org (301-606-8251). For further information about ‘The Eyes of History™’ and to view images of
Mary’s work visit the website at www.whnpa.org.
IPC 2009 Professional Photographer Leadership Awards - Mary CALVERT
IPC Presents 2009 Professional Photographer Leadership Awards at UN Luncheon
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, May 27, 2009 – The International Photographic Council (IPC), a non-governmental organization (NGO) of the United Nations, presented its 2009 IPC Professional Photographer Leadership Awards during the 11th annual IPC International Professional Photographers Month Luncheon, held at the United Nations in New York City on May 7. IPC president James Chung hosted the event and IPC board member and vice president John Segall served as luncheon chair. The awards, presented by IPC each May, are selected by five professional photography organizations: Advertising Photographers of America (APA); American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP); Professional Photographers of America (PPA); Professional School Photographers Association International (PSPA); and White House News Photographers Association (WHNPA). Each organization selects one member who best represents the group’s criteria and ideals. The 2009 IPC Professional Photographer Leadership Award recipients are: Advertising Photographers of America (APA): Will Mosgrove American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP): Richard Anderson Professional Photographers of America (PPA): Jack Reznicki Professional School Photographers Association International (PSPA): Joe Mark, White House News Photographers Association (WHNPA): Mary Calvert.
Accepting their awards, honorees shared life and career lessons learned, described the power and impact of giving back to their communities through photography, and expressed gratitude to an industry that has shared their passion. IPC President James Chung recognized IPC member Manny Parks, from Pro Image Photo, for opening doors to IPC Cuba through photography, and IPC member Tor Weatherstone of Norway, for organizing the Nordic IPC Group. He also presented service awards to two Cygnus Business Media employees, Kathy Magrane and Diane Berkenfeld, for their support of IPC.
On behalf of IPC, he expressed gratitude to luncheon sponsors (Platinum level): Fujifilm, CKJ Media, Cygnus Business Media; and (Gold level) ASMP, Canon, and Sigma.
The International Photographic Council (IPC) is a multinational, non-profit, non-commercial organization—and a non-governmental organization (NGO) of the United Nations—composed of representatives from every major sector of the photographic industry. Founded in 1974, the IPC is dedicated to increasing worldwide recognition of photography as a universal means of communication through the adoption of the motto “Peace through Understanding, Understanding through Photography, the Universal Language.” Additional information may be obtained by visiting www.ipc-un-ngo.org.
IPC AWARDS ANNOUNCED - WHNPA's Marty LaVor receives 2008 honor
IPC announces recipients of 10th Professional Photographer Leadership Awards
The International Photographic Council (IPC), a non-governmental organization (NGO) of the United Nations, announced the recipients of its 10th IPC Professional Photographer Leadership Awards. The winners will be recognized at the IPC International Professional Photographers Month luncheon at the United Nations in New York, N.Y., on May 8. An IPC Special Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Rainer Schmidt, executive director of German Photoindustrie Verband. e.V. Hiro Sakai, president and CEO, Fujifilm U.S.A. Inc. is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the luncheon.
The 2008 IPC Professional Photographer Leadership Award recipients are from the Advertising Photographers of America (APA): George Fulton; from the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP): Judy Herrmann; from the Professional Photographers of America (PPA): Ann Monteith; from the Professional School Photographers Association (PSPA): George Davis; and from the White House News Photographers Association (WHNPA): Marty LaVor.
The awards are presented each May during International Professional Photographer's Month by IPC. Winners are selected by each of five professional photography organizations: APA, ASMP, PPA, PSPA, and the WHNPA. Each organization decides which of its members receives the award based on standards they use within the organization.
STILL PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST (1/20/08)
2008 White House News Photographers Award Winners Announced: Jahi Chikwendiu and Jay L. Clendenin Win Top Honors
Nation’s Leading Photojournalists Compete for Top Industry Awards
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(WASHINGTON, D.C. – Jan. 20, 2008) – The White House News Photographers Association announced Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008, that Washington Post photographer Jahi Chikwendiu has been named “Photographer of the Year” and Los Angeles Times photographer Jay L. Clendenin has won “Political Photo of the Year” in the 2008 ‘The Eyes of History™’ contest judging over the weekend at the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C.
Jahl Chikwendiu of the Washington Post won the White House News Photographers Association ‘The Eyes of History™’ Photographer of the Year award for the first time with the 2008 contest. His first place in the picture story-feature category was titled: Continuous War: Cluster Bombs in South Lebanon. He also won first place in the Portfolio category, second place in Picture story-news category. His Award of Excellence in the Picture Story-Feature category gives an intimate and chilling look at lives of students and teachers in a high school in the District of Columbia. “This has been the busiest year of my life,” said Chikwendiu after learning of his win, “and I am grateful for the recognition. Although I was the one making the photographs, it wasn’t a solo effort. I had the help of Donita, my wife, and the people I work with at the Washington Post. I am also indebted to the people I photographed who let me into their lives.”
The “Political Photo of the Year” was awarded to Jay L. Clendenin of the Los Angeles Times for his image of Presidential candidates Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama during the State of the Union speech in 2007.
“The White House News Photographers Association ‘The Eyes of History™’ contest brings the best images of the President, political leaders, and major domestic and international news stories of the year to be judged by the finest photographers and directors of photography in the business,” said White House News Photographers Association president Dennis Brack. “The best of the best have been selected and we are extremely proud of the excellent images and intelligent choices of the judges.”
The judges for the 2008 ‘The Eyes of History™’ stills competition were Dudley M. Brooks, Photo Director for Ebony/Jet Magazines, Gail Fisher, senior editor, photography, The National Geographic, and Chris Hondros, staff photographer, Getty Images.
The top winners of the still and television contests will be honored at the annual “Eyes of History™” Gala on May 10, 2008, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington. The black-tie event celebrates all the winning photojournalists and the President of the United States. Nearly 1,000 guests, including government dignitaries and industry celebrities, and The President attend.
TV CONTEST RESULTS (2/10/08)
2008 WHITE HOUSE NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION TELEVISION AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED;
RABBAGE AND SHLEMON NAMED TOP WINNERS Nation’s Leading Photojournalists compete for Top Industry Awards
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(WASHINGTON, D.C. – February 11, 2008) – The White House News Photographers Association announced that BBC photographer Mark Rabbage has been awarded “Photographer of the Year” for 2008 in the “Eyes of History™” video contest. Chris Shlemon ITN has been named video “Editor of the Year.”
Mark Rabbage has worked for the BBC for 15 years and has been based in Washington for the last eight years. With four first place category wins, two second-place finishes and two third-place finishes in the "The Eyes of History™" contest judging, it was a terrific year for Rabbage. “I don’t think even my BBC colleagues realized what a newly minted cameraman I was when I arrived in Washington in January 1999. In fact, I was a videotape editor who picked up a video camera less than a year before while based in Germany. These last nine years have been a real journey for me. I feel so proud and honored on receiving the Photographer of the Year Award from my peers,” said Rabbage upon learning about his big win.
The WHNPA “Editor of the Year” is Chris Shlemon. Shlemon started as a producer/editor in ITN’s Washington, DC, bureau on Jan. 28, 1986, the day the Challenger Space Shuttle exploded over Florida. Shlemon took WHNPA Editor of the Year honors in 1999. Shlemon said, “ I‘ve had the privilege to cover every political event, natural disaster and cultural trend in the U.S. and across the world for 20 years. I’ve been blessed to work with the best producers, correspondents and photographers in the industry, and without their inspiration and pictures I would not have won this award. I am honored and proud to be a part of WHNPA—an organization that truly recognizes and appreciates the valuable contributions editors make to the journalism process.”
The White House News Photographers Association is recognized as one of the most prestigious organizations of its kind. WHNPA president Dennis Brack says, “The ability to edit with your mind and your eye is the gift of a prizewinning video journalist. To take images and sound and turn them into a meaningful story is the objective of a prizewinning editor. We see the best work of both video journalists and editors in the "The Eyes of History™" contest this year.”
The judges for the video photography contest were: TV Photography: Patrick O’Gara, NECN-TV, Boston: Miekie Sullivan, KTVT-TV Dallas/Ft Worth; and Kevin Rans, freelance, Cleveland. TV Editing judges were Brandi Paulson, WKYC-TV; Mike Harrity, KCNC-TV, Denver and Matt Rafferty, WJW-TV Cleveland.
The top winners of the still and television contests, along with winners in the Still Photography, New Media and Student contests, will be honored at the annual “Eyes of History™” Gala on May 10, 2008, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington. The black-tie event celebrates all photojournalists and the President of the United States.
The WHNPA and The Eyes of History™ are sponsored in part by Nikon, Tiffen/Domke, Digital Railroad, Continental Airlines and PNY.
2008 White House News Photographers Association New Media Winners Announced:
Top Honors go to washingtonpost.com and nytimes.com
Nation’s Leading Photojournalists Compete in new contest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(WASHINGTON, D.C. – Jan. 20, 2008) – The White House News Photographers Association has added a New Media section
to "The Eyes of HistoryTM" contest. The judging took place at the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C., and
WHNPA executive committee representative Pierre Kattar announced the winners Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008.
First place for the Best Use of Photography category was awarded to washingtonpost.com for a story entitled: “Struggle in
Mississippi Delta”. Producer and photo editor: Whitney Shefie. Photographer: Carol Guzy.
First place for the Photography and Audio category was awarded to nytimes.com for a story entitled: “In Kentucky’s Teeth,
Toll of Poverty and Neglect." Produced and photographed by Steve Crowley, Co-produced with Thomas Lin.
First place for the Photography and Audio (narrated) category was awarded to washingtonpost.com for a story entitled:
“Continuous War” Cluster Bombs in South Lebanon. Produced by Nancy Donaldson; Photo Editor, Audio Editor: Nancy
Donaldson and Photographer, Audio Reporter: Jahi Chikwendiu.
First place in the Multimedia Package category was awarded to washingtonpost.com for a story entitled “Crisis in Darfur
Expands” by Travis Fox and Brian Cordyack.
The White House News Photographers Association formed in 1921 when history was recorded with large 5x7 black and white
film cameras and 35mm movie cameras that was shown as newsreel footage in movie theaters. The association has evolved to a
group of men and women who cover the White House and the important stories world wide using the technology that is best to
report the story. “It is natural that the association should expand the ‘Eyes of HistoryTM’ contest to include today’s technology
and interests,” said White House News Photographers Association president Dennis Brack.
The judges for the 2008 ‘The Eyes of History™ multimedia competition were: Rich Beckman, James L. Knight Distinguished
Professor of Journalism and Director of the Visual Communication Sequence in the School of Journalism and Mass
Communication at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Scott Ash, a recently retired U.S. Air Force photojournalist,
and Jack Rowland, Deputy Director of Photo and Multimedia for tampabay.com, the web site for the St. Petersburg Times.
The top winners of the New Media contests will be honored at the annual “The Eyes of HistoryTM” Gala on May 10, 2008, at
the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, along with winners in the Still Photography and Video Photography contests. The black-
tie event celebrates all the winning photojournalists and the President of the United States. Nearly 1,000 guests, including
government dignitaries and industry celebrities, and the President attend.
Congratulations to all the winners in this year's contest.
Holly and Paul Fine received a WHNPA lifetime achievement award at the 2008 Gala. Photo/Kevin Wolf
Photo of the photographer by Glenna Gordon. Pediatric AIDS photos by Jamie Rose
PROJECT UPDATE 2008 - FROM JAMIE ROSE
In early October, I departed to begin my 2007 Project Grant in Uganda to coincide with my teaching endeavor with Momenta Workshops in Kampala. My grant proposal was to return to Uganda to photograph nonprofit health care workers in the war torn Northern regions, namely Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Happily for the Ugandans, within months of the grant announcement, a peace deal was struck by the Lord's Resistance Army and the government forces. In light of this, I began working with Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to discuss what their efforts would be during this transition and how I could photograph their activities. Access was granted and I was on my way!
Upon leaving the country, all the final arrangements were made to photograph their efforts to establish permanent health care clinics in the North. And then.... the Congo went to war! Suddenly, emergency personnel were pulled into DRC and non emergency personal n Uganda were unable to host any media due to their lack of hands on the ground! Many pitfalls, international conference calls, failed attempts to cross into Congo with MSF and a series of apologies from MSF, the project fell through with a deafening thud.
I was terrified! I had to complete a project! I had traveled all this way and I wanted to do a story on health care in the North. So I buckled down, started meeting with organizations to find another nonprofit. I agreed to work with The AIDS Support Organization (TASO), who hosted me for my remaining time at their Gulu clinics. TASO ended up being an amazing organization to work with and wonderfully accommodating to my photographic needs.
I focused my project on their pediatric AIDS program which offers free testing, ARV drugs, and counseling for HIV positive children and their families.. Gulu was one of the hardest hit by the war and is one of the most poor areas in the world. TASO's life saving services are truly remarkable. In less than four years in Gulu, they've managed to enroll thousands of patients in their program and improve the lives of their clients exponentially. I plan to follow up on both TASO and their clients when I return to Uganda in 2009. I look forward to sharing these images with the Grant Committee and the membership at a meeting next year and online!
This project was a dream come true to receive for my lifelong project photographing global health care workers. While it didn't turn out the way I had envisioned originally, I definitely learned a lot about how to think on your feet and never give up! I am ever grateful for the Committee and all of the members of WHNPA for this opportunity!
Freelance photographer Jamie Rose has been selected as the recipient of the White House News Photographers Association Education Committee 2007 Project Grant.
“Isolated: On the front lines with MSF in Northern Uganda” is about the doctors, nurses and aid workers of Medicins Sans Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders) and their work in the in the refugee camps in northern Uganda as they work to provide medical services to the 1.3 million refugees in the 20-year-long war between the Lord’s Resistance Army (the rebels) and the Ugandan military.
“Jamie wants to not only document an organization (MSF) that seems to get far too little credit for their work but do so in a war few people know is being fought”, Leighton Mark, WHNPA Education committee Chairman said.
Rose, who has worked with MSF in Africa before, plans to concentrate her efforts on the MSF volunteers and the plight of their patients, producing still photos, text, audio and a multimedia product. She also plans to give lectures upon her return to the United States to heighten awarness of the situation in Northern Uganda. VIEW FLASH SLIDESHOW
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John Harrington receiving the 2007 Leadership Award from the United Nations International Photographic Council.
New York, NY— The International Photographic Council (IPC), a non-governmental organization of the United Nations, will present the 9th annual IPC Professional Photographer Leadership Awards at the UN on May 10. The awards are presented at a special luncheon each May, designated International Professional Photographer’s Month by the IPC. Laurent Dartoux, general manager, Film Capture Business, and vice president, Film Products Group, Eastman Kodak, is scheduled to be the keynote speaker. The winners are selected by each of five pro photography organizations from among their members: the Advertising Photographers of America (APA); the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP); the Professional Photographers of America (PPA); the Professional School Photographers Association International (PSPA); and the White House News Photographers Association (WHNPA). Each organization decides which of their members receives the award based on standards they use within their organization. The 2007 IPC Professional Photographer Leadership Award recipients are as follows: APA, David Langley; ASMP, Susan Carr; PPA, Robert D. Lloyd; PSPA, James Fletcher; and WHNPA, John Harrington. The IPC is composed of representatives from every major sector of the photographic industry. Founded in 1974, it is dedicated to increasing worldwide recognition of photography as a universal means of communication through the motto, “Peace through Understanding, Understanding through Photography, the Universal Language.”
Frank Johnston selected for The WHNPA 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award
washingtonpost.com Best of the Post (video interview and images)
(Washington, DC) The White House News Photographers Association will present Frank Johnston with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2007 ‘Eyes of History’ annual awards gala Saturday, April 28, 2007, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Washington, DC.
Frank Johnston’s history making photos included the Oswald shooting, the war in Vietnam, the massacre of Jim Jones followers in Guyana, Watergate, space shuttle launches, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and every presidential administration since Lyndon Johnson.
Looking back, Frank says it was his photo of a wounded Marine in Peace Church (An Hoa), under siege by the North Vietnamese, which affected him most. The Marine was sitting on the altar, a statue of Jesus on a cross behind his helmeted head. After traveling to the church in 1998 with Robert Sutter, an Atlanta man who believed the photo to be that of his deceased brother, Frank was called by another Marine -Mike Tripp, who said he was the man in the photo. He was, and Frank made an emotional trip to Atlanta to introduce Tripp and Sutter.
United Press International hired Johnston in 1963. He joined the staff of The Washington Post in 1968 was a staff photographer until his retirement in 2003. Frank, who married his wife Nancy in 1968, was the first photographer to receive the Alicia Patterson Fellowship and spent a year traveling the United States to photograph social and economic change. His work appeared in newspapers, magazines, books, and textbooks. The co-author of two books, “The Working White House,” and “Jonestown Massacre,” he also contributed to four “Day in the Life” books: America, Spain, California, and the Soviet Union.
Frank Johnston was named White House News Photographers Association photographer of the year in 1978, 1979 and 1985. He has been honored with awards from the Overseas Press Club, World Press Photo and the National Press Photographers Association.
2007 TV CONTEST
VIDEO PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR: DAI BAKER
Dai Baker accepting his Photographer of the Year award from Dennis Brack at the 2007 Eyes of History Gala
VIDEO EDITOR OF THE YEAR: PIERRE KATTAR
Pierre Kattar and Alexandra Garcia celebrating Pierre's Video Editor of the Year award at the Eyes of History 2007 Gala.
2007 PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Michael Robinson Chavez of the Washington Post accepting the WHNPA's 2007 Photographer of the Year award and a Nikon digital camera.
View a Flash slideshow of his winning entries in the 2007 still contest
POLITICAL PHOTO OF THE YEAR
Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images, THE FUTURE SPEAKER SPEAKS
Chip Somodevilla accepts his Political Photo of the Year award from WHNPA President Dennis Brack
Many of the first place winners in the 2007 Eyes of History contest pose with President Bush in the Oval Office Wednesday, March 21, 2007, as they celebrate their first place wins with the traditional photo op. From left are: Maxine Collins, Mark Rabbage, Khue Bui, Nancy Pastor, Chip Somodevilla, Gordon Swenson, Mary Calvert, Joel Witte, Brian Hopkins, President Bush, Jason H. Smith, Dennis Brack, Charles MacDonald, Win McNamee, Matthew Cavanaugh, Nikki Kahn, Fletcher Johnson, Michael Proser and Dai Baker.
Chris Usher Chosen as Recipient of WHNPA 2006 Project Grant
Freelance photojournalist Chris Usher has been selected by the White House Education Committee as the recipient of the WHNPA 2006 Project Grant, committee chairman Leighton Mark announced.
The $5,000 award will help in the production of Usher's project - "One of Us: Portraits & Interviews of Hurricane Katrina's America". He hopes to photograph and have an audio interview of at least one evacuee from each state in the country, including Alaska and Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.
"While natural disasters almost always leave a path of death and destruction, Hurricane Katrina was devastating to an immense number of people over a large geographically area," Mark said. "Chris' project is about the people of Katrina, not just the horrors of the immediate aftermath, but what happened to these people. Some have returned to New Orleans, but a number are spread across the United States, some have chosen start a new life in another city, another state; others are just waiting for relief so they can return to what's left.
He not only will have the photos, which he hopes to do along the lines of the legenday Karsh - waiting for THE moment when the mask we all present to the public drops– but hopes to have high quality audio of each of the victims talking about their experiences, as well.
This was a hurricane - a single event that lasted a few hours," Mark said. "Yet like the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, people have had to pick up and move to try and find a new life for themselves and their families; that makes Katrina an historical event, and years from now we can look back at what Chris has done and see the people of Katrina just like we can look back at the work of the FSA photographers and see what happened, what was happening, to the people whose lives were literally blowing away.
At least that's the plan.
And we're glad the WHNPA could help".
Usher is hoping to turn the finalized project into a book and a traveling multimedia exhibition.
View a SLIDESHOW with selections from Chris Usher's award-winning portfolio. Requires Flash; slideshow will open in a new window. (Please adjust your browser preferences if you have disabled pop-ups.)
WHNPA 2006 CONTEST WINNERS VISIT THE OVAL OFFICE From left, Television Photographer of the Year Dai Baker, Christina Pino-Marina of washingtonpost.com, Ed Eaves of NBC, Jeff Hutchens freelance, Jonathan Newton of The Washington Post, Steve Cain of ABC News, David Burnett of Contact Press Images, Mark Rabbage of BBC, Pete Souza of the Chicago Tribune, Nelson Jones of WTTG-FOX 5, President Bush, Steve Elfers of Army Times, WHNPA President Susan Walsh, Gene Sweeney Jr. of the Baltimore Sun, Jason Smith of WTTG-FOX 5, Brian Hopkins of WJLA, David Holloway freelance, Jay Clendenin of Polaris Images, TV Editor of the Year Travis Fox of washingtonpost.com, Political Photo of the Year winner Carol T. Powers freelance, and 2006 WHNPA Lifetime Achievement winner Gordon Swenson of ABC News Nightline. (White House photo by Kimberlee Hewitt) Unable to attend are Ben de la Cruz, Melina Mara, Andrea Bruce, Charles Ommanney, Chris Maddaloni, Lance Ing, Joel Witte, Lucian Perkins, Michael Robinson Chavez and Jennifer Crandall.
WHNPA MEMBERS RECENT AWARDS & RECOGNITION
SILVER CIRCLE HONOREES
Congratulations to WHNPA members, Pege Gilgannon, Doug Wilkes, and Samara Ewing. They will be among the "Silver Circle Honorees" at the National Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences ceremony on November 3, 2007. The Silver Circle honors those who have made significant contributions to the industry over 25 years or more in our area! Please tell them how proud of them you are when you have a chance! They are still inspiring many of us on a daily basis.
• Congratulations to Travis Fox who accepted an Emmy award for news & documentary for advanced media for a production of the Katrina series on washingtonpost. com and to video journalist Ben de la Cruz, who received an Emmy for his “Homeless in D.C.” series on washingtonpost.com
• WHNPA Project Grant winner Susanna Raab reports: "I have some good news: 1) my WHNPA funded project, Consumed, is on display at the Camera Club of New York till the end of November. If anyone is in NYC and wants to see the work it is at 853 Broadway. 2nd Floor. 2 ) I received the grand prize at the Lexington Art League's annual juried show (juried by National Geographic photographer, Sam Abell) for a body of work that contained two pieces from Consumed; 3) an image from my project on migrant tomato pickers in Immokalee, Florida (which I used my WHNPA grant to produce) received an Honorable Mention at Richmond's 1212 Gallery by juror Stephen Perloff, editor of the Photo Review, and 4) lastly, the same image from Immokalee (again funded by WHNPA - THANK YOU THANK YOU!) was a finalist in the Gordon Parks International Photo Competition in Fort Scott, Kansas."
The International Photographic Council (IPC), a non-governmental organization of the United Nations, has announced the recipients of its 8th annual Professional Photographer Leadership Awards. The winners will be recognized at the IPC’s “International Professional Photographer’s Month” luncheon at the United Nations in New York City on Wednesday, May 24th at 11:30 a.m. Mary Jane Hellyar, president, Film & Photofinishing Systems, Eastman Kodak Company is scheduled to be the keynote speaker.
The awards are presented each May, designated International Professional Photographer's Month, by the International Photographic Council, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) of the United Nations. The winners are selected by each of six professional photography organizations, from among their members: the White House News Photographers Association (WHNPA); the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP); the Professional Photographers of America (PPA); the Wedding Portrait Photographers International (WPPI), the Advertising Photographers of America (APA) and the Professional School Photographers Association International (PSPA). Each organization decides which of their members receives the award each year based on the standards they use within their organization.
The 2006 IPC award recipients are as follows:
Mannie Garcia / IPC WHNPA Leadership Award
George Long / IPC ASMP Leadership Award
Jo Alice & Tom McDonald / IPC PPA Leadership Award
Rick & Deborah Ferro / IPC WPPI Leadership Award
Barbara Bordnick / IPC APA Leadership Award
Anthony J. Cilento, Jr. / PSPA
Luncheon reservations are due by May 8, 2006. For information, contact Priscilla Chu, Cygnus Business Media, at 631-845-2700, Ext. 341. E-mail: priscilla.chu@cygnuspub.com
The International Photographic Council (IPC) is a multinational non-governmental organization of the United Nations, composed of representatives from every major sector of the photographic industry. Founded in 1974, it is dedicated to increasing worldwide recognition of photography as a universal means of communication through the adoption of a motto, “Peace through Understanding, Understanding through Photography, the Universal Language.” This IPC 2006 Awards PRESS RELEASE is available in PDF format to facilitate printing.
2005 WHNPA PROJECT GRANT AWARDED TO SUSANA RAAB
Pete Souza has extensively documented Senator Barack Obama's rise to political stardom with exclusive photographs beginning with his first day in the U.S. Senate. He has accompanied the Senator to seven countries including Kenya, South Africa, and Russia. Souza had unprecedented access to photograph private and political moments as senator and presidential candidate Obama went about his duties. His photographs of Obama have won national photojournalism awards for the past three years . Read more about The Rise of Barack Obama.
STRYKER'S AMERICA - documentary film now available on DVD
Stryker’s America, a new documentary by Laurence Levin and Justin Schauble, is the featured, cover selection on the 2008 Films for the Humanities & Sciences Spring Catalog (www.films.com).
Stryker’s America creatively weaves the tale of a small “New Deal” program within the Department of Agriculture as it single-handedly recorded the iconic images of the national tragedy today known as “The Great Depression.” Roy Emerson Stryker was the unlikely leader of the History Division of the depression era FSA. Not a photographer himself, Stryker recruited and directed a passionate and diverse group of photographers who traveled America and documented the ongoing economic tragedy.
Stryker was charged with providing dramatic and hard-hitting photographic evidence which illustrated the level of extreme suffering then being experienced to the U.S. populace and to Congress. Stryker’s product exceeded his challenge, kick-started the careers of some of the 20th Century’s most celebrated photographers, and re-defined documentary photography as we know it today. The images from this collection include, Dorothea Lange”s “Migrant Mother," Arthur Rothstein’s “Dust Bowl” and Gordon Park’s “American Gothic.”
Interviews, archival footage, and still photographs tell how one man’s passion changed the lives of thousands. Featured are interviews with Beverly Brannan, Photography Curator, Library of Congress, Alan Fern, retired Director of the National Portrait Gallery, and Peter Kuznick, American University History Professor.
“Brilliant documentary filmmaking,” said Frank Van Riper of the Washington Post. “Levin and Schauble offer a warts-and-all look at Stryker and his cadre of young photographers… and at a government program (begun as propaganda) blossomed… into an honest look at America between the two World Wars.”
Films for the Humanities & Sciences is the nation’s leading distributor of educational media to libraries and higher education. Julian Chiabella, FHS Acquisitions Manager describes “Stryker’s America as illuminating a fascinating period of American history. It is a wonderful supplement to history, photography and government class curriculums.”
Stryker’s America is available exclusively from Films for the Humanities on their website: www.films.com/ 800-257-5126
DAVID HUME KENNERLY , EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES
David Hume Kennerly's photographic documentary of the Gerald R. Ford presidency, published by the Center for American History, The University of Texas, Austin. Visit David's web site for more info or click the play button below to see the You Tube video. Vanity Fair's December issue spotlights a photo of Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan from this series in an article titled L.A. Noir, along with a slideshow.
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT - Jim Lo Scalzo, Evidence of My Existence
Visit the book news page to hear Jim discuss this book and his life as a photojournalist
(click the book image and OK the flash player dialog box)
Dirck Halstead is one of America’s preeminent photojournalists, whose iconic images have graced more covers of Time magazine than any other photographer’s. From the battlefields of Vietnam to the halls of the White House to film sets around the world, Halstead’s sense of timing and eye for the revealing shot was unerring throughout his 50-year career. Among the 300 photographs in this collection are many that are instantly recognizable, such as Bill Clinton embracing Monica Lewinsky, or Nixon saluting with his famous V-for-victory sign. Others have become more resonant with the passage of time. Throughout, Halstead provides fast-paced, lively, and engaging accounts of his experiences in the field. A one-of-a-kind autobiography in words and pictures, MOMENTS IN TIME is a half-century of history seen through one photographer’s lens. Dirck Halstead’s photos have won every major prize in the industry, including the Robert Capa gold medal and two Eisies. He is currently a senior fellow in photojournalism at the Center for American History at the University of Texas, and he runs the award-winning webzine the Digital Journalist. Halstead lives in Austin, TX.
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: JOHN HARRINGTON
Congratulations to John Harrington on the publishing of his new book, BEST BUSINESS PRACTICES FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS. Thomson Course Technology www.courseptr.com This three hundred and thirty page book is a text book of how to go about the business of being a professional photographer. David Burnett on Harrington's book. "Well, it¹s about time that someone put together a map of how to operate in the photography business world. John is very knowledgeable about both photography and business... He knows what he's talking about, and this book should save a lot of bad deals from happening, and turn many of them into good deals." More info and discount order form
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: GARY HAYNES, PICTURE THIS!
A book about UPI Newspictures , "Picture This!" published by Time/Warner Hachette. The "author" is Gary Haynes. Several WHNPA members worked for UPI and are represented in this 256-page book, which is a tribute to a once-great company (which exists today in name only, with fewer than two dozen employees, none of them photographers) that for 30 years went toe-to-toe with the larger and richer Associated Press and, more often than not, out-shot and out-thought them.
Walter Cronkite wrote the foreword. He, as many of us did, started our careers with UPI. The text and the newly written captions tell not only about the pictures, but how some of them came to be -- a photo of George Bush in the surf shot by WHNPA member Joe Marquette with an instant camera -- that sort of thing. For more information on the book and a personal account by Gary Haynes, visit the WHNPA BOOKS page.
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: ARTHUR GRACE
State Fair By Arthur Grace (slide show) “I couldn’t help thinking if aliens ever landed on Earth and you only had a few hours to help them understand America, all you would have to do is take them to any state fair. For me, a state fair is a microcosm of America--in all its glory and weirdness—at any given point in time.” -Arthur Grace (from the introduction)From prize winning pigs to corn dog-eating contests, from beauty queens to marching bands, from gravity defying midway rides to miracle machines for back pain, from butter sculptures to demolition derbies, state fairs are a mother lode of pure Americana. State Fair is a visual distillation of Arthur Grace’s photographic odyssey through fairs in ten states – California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia. Time and again, regardless of geographical location, Grace’s images deftly capture with remarkable authenticity the strange mixture of the traditional, the kitsch, and the off-the-wall that is unique to these annual gatherings, which began as a celebration of rural American life and have evolved into super-sized extravaganzas. Sure to bring back vivid memories for anyone who’s ever attended a state fair, and bound to entice the uninitiated.State Fair will be released April, 2006. ISBN 0-292-71287-1 $34.95 hardcover 9 ½ x 9 ½ in. 128 pp. 96 duotone photos. Arthur Grace is a former staff photographer for Newsweek magazine. Throughout his award-winning career, his photographs have appeared in magazines worldwide, including on the covers of Life, Time, Newsweek, Paris Match, and Stern. He has published two previous books, Choose Me: Portraits of a Presidential Race and Comedians. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Debra.The University of Texas Press is proud to publish a top photojournalist’s odyssey through fairs in ten states. For more information, to schedule an interview or to request an event, please contact Gianna La Morte at (512) 232-7634 or gianna@utpress.ppb.utexas.edu
Members - if you have projects you would like featured here, please contact us.
FROM PETE SOUZA- OBAMA IN AFRICA 2006
During Senator Obama's recent trip to Africa, Pete Souza produced on deadline seven audio slide shows for the Tribune. The one below is the day he visited his home village:
GERALD HERBERT recently biked the Blue Ridge Parkway. A lot of photographers have been asking him about the trip, both before and after. so he created a blog with pictures. Check out the trip at:
One of the rituals during Mardi Gras in New Orleans is parade participants throwing plastic beads to those in the crowd. The pictures in this gallery show what happens to some of the beads after all the parades have passed by.
View photographs by WHNPA member Gary Fabiano, and read his chilling description of New Orleans in the horrific days following Hurricane Katrina on thefullmonte.com
"Civilized societies do not wait to evacuate people who are on a crash course with disaster, nor do they allow "looting" food for survival as the only option. They do not allow their dead to lay on the streets day after day after day. They do not allow the law of the land to practically disappear allowing chaos and anarchy to take hold and terrorize the innocent. In one of the most technologically-medically advanced countries in the world they do not abandon seasoned doctors and nurses in hospitals to be reduced to helplessly pleading for anyone listening on the airwaves to save their patients, only to have some of them die right in front of them for no other reason except incompetence." -- Gary Fabiano
BEHIND THE VELVET ROPE (Exhibition, November 11 2005- January 1, 2006) Behind the Velvet Rope, an exhibition of photographs by WHNPA member Chris Usher, opens November 11 at the Ainslie Art Center, Episcopal High School, 1200 N. Quaker Lane, Alexandria, VA. Vist the WHNPA events page to read the full press release.
Visit MEMBER AWARDS FOR FULL COVERAGE OF THE 2005 CONTEST RESULTS AND AWARDS DINNER. PRIZE-WINNING PHOTOGRAPHS and VIDEOS ARE ONLINE (2005 Contest)
Photo/Kevin Wolf
CONGRATULATIONS TO CHICK HARRITY, who has been chosen as this years Lifetime Achievement Award winner. Please make every effort to congratulate him on his outstanding and inspiring career. CHICK HARRITY has been in the Photojournalism business for 48 years, 35 of them in Washington DC. His first staff job was in 1956 with his hometown newspaper in Reading, Pa. He moved to York City with the Associated Press in 1965, then to Albany and Chicago for a year each before moving to the AP Washington DC bureau in 1968. In 1981 he relocated across town at US News and World Report Magazine where he stayed for twenty years, being named chief photographer in 1985. On April Fools day of 2001 he left US News to move to northern California where he is now the Photo Coach and contributing photographer for the Calistoga Tribune. A new and thriving 1,250 circulations weekly at the top of the Napa Valley. Highlights along the way included receiving the Associated Press Managing Editors award for Excellence in Photography, being named the White House News Photographer's Association Photographer of the year and being awarded the Leica Medal of Excellence for Photojournalism. He was a Board Member of the White House News Photographers Association for 10 years and a member of the U.S. Senate Standing Committee for 23.
CHICK HARRITY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD & SURPRISE REUNION with "The Baby in a Box", 14:24)
photo/Chick Harrity, Associated Press
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IPC Presents 2009 Professional Photographer Leadership Awards at UN Luncheon 
The International Photographic Council (IPC), a non-governmental organization of the United Nations, has announced the recipients of its 8th annual Professional Photographer Leadership Awards. The winners will be recognized at the IPC’s “International Professional Photographer’s Month” luncheon at the United Nations in New York City on Wednesday, May 24th at 11:30 a.m. Mary Jane Hellyar, president, Film & Photofinishing Systems, Eastman Kodak Company is scheduled to be the keynote speaker.
Pete Souza has extensively documented Senator Barack Obama's rise to political stardom with exclusive photographs beginning with his first day in the U.S. Senate. He has accompanied the Senator to seven countries including Kenya, South Africa, and Russia. Souza had unprecedented access to photograph private and political moments as senator and presidential candidate Obama went about his duties. His photographs of Obama have won national photojournalism awards for the past three years . 
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: JOHN HARRINGTON
A book about UPI Newspictures , "Picture This!" published by Time/Warner Hachette. The "author" is Gary Haynes. Several WHNPA members worked for UPI and are represented in this 256-page book, which is a tribute to a once-great company (which exists today in name only, with fewer than two dozen employees, none of them photographers) that for 30 years went toe-to-toe with the larger and richer Associated Press and, more often than not, out-shot and out-thought them.
